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Indian Ocean earthquake Time after earthquake (hours and minutes) Country hit by tsunami waves 30 minutes Indonesia 1 hour 30 minutes Thailand 1 hour 30 minutes Myanmar 1 hour 30 minutes Bangladesh 2 hours Sri Lanka 2 hours India 3 hours Maldives 6 hours Somalia 8 hours Mauritius • On 26th December 2004, an earthquake of magnitude 9.1 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of northern Sumatra. • The earthquake triggered a series of tsunami that spread out in all directions across the Indian Ocean. • The table shows how long the tsunami took to reach different countries. Rocks, Relics and Rumbles Develop/Indian ocean earthquake Page 1 of 2 Downloaded by Armitage at Tetney Primary School on 17/04/20 Copyright © 2020 Cornerstones Education Limited

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Page 1: Indian Ocean earthquake - tetney.lincs.sch.uk424710]Tsunami_in_the... · • On 26th December 2004, an earthquake of magnitude 9.1 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Indian

Indian Ocean earthquake

Time after earthquake (hours and minutes) Country hit by tsunami waves

30 minutes Indonesia

1 hour 30 minutes Thailand

1 hour 30 minutes Myanmar

1 hour 30 minutes Bangladesh

2 hours Sri Lanka

2 hours India

3 hours Maldives

6 hours Somalia

8 hours Mauritius

• On 26th December 2004, an earthquake of magnitude 9.1 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of northern Sumatra.

• The earthquake triggered a series of tsunami that spread out in all directions across the Indian Ocean.

• The table shows how long the tsunami took to reach different countries.

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